ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,325, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Ill.).
"Quick replace forked wearable shim" was invented by Andrew Joseph Braun (High Ridge, Mo.), Ryan P. Morge (Clinton, Ill.) and David W. Holthaus (Monticello, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a forked wearable shim for use in a suspension system, comprising: a shim body including a first planar surface and a second planar surface; a shank portion, the shank portion having an alignment opening extending through the body from the first planar surface through the second planar surface and a fastening opening extending through the body from the fir...